diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index c024ffd0266d8c41a75b22666e2e79bdd90464c9..bd4500a8992eb61be672fc52ca5eea3934164d82 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -2191,11 +2191,14 @@ static int fbcon_blank(struct vc_data *vc, int blank, int mode_switch)
 		ops->graphics = 1;
 
 		if (!blank) {
+			if (info->fbops->fb_save_state)
+				info->fbops->fb_save_state(info);
 			var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
 			fb_set_var(info, &var);
 			ops->graphics = 0;
 			ops->var = info->var;
-		}
+		} else if (info->fbops->fb_restore_state)
+			info->fbops->fb_restore_state(info);
 	}
 
  	if (!fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 04a58f33ec53b5e33d98d046049b3b7d4fe512b3..55ccaf3706c1dec54bc4b58c2b1966e245732d6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -617,6 +617,12 @@ struct fb_ops {
 
 	/* perform fb specific mmap */
 	int (*fb_mmap)(struct fb_info *info, struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+
+	/* save current hardware state */
+	void (*fb_save_state)(struct fb_info *info);
+
+	/* restore saved state */
+	void (*fb_restore_state)(struct fb_info *info);
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING